Housing in SL7 2LS
What the homes in SL7 2LS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Marlow West & North
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,799 (2024)
SL7 2LSMarlow
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (36.8%). Flats make up 43.2%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
46.6% of households in the SL7 2LS area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 22.2% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 26.4% own outright and 20.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned46.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.2%1%
- Private rented22.2%20.5%
- Social rented29.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 45.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged 66 or over (26.4%). 21.4% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Buckinghamshire
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Buckinghamshire (August 2026, +4.9% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around SL7 2LS (Marlow West & North) (about 1,799 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.